reserve
noun
1 reserve
Formality and propriety of manner.
synonym: modesty.
Roget 881:
modesty;
humility
etc.
879;
diffidence,
timidity;
retiring disposition;
unobtrusiveness;
bashfulness
etc.
adj.;
mauvaise honte [Fr.];
blush,
blushing;
verecundity†;
self-knowledge.
reserve,
constraint;
demureness
etc.
adj.;
blushing honors"
[Henry VIII].
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Roget 636:
stock,
fund,
mine,
vein,
lode,
quarry;
spring;
fount,
fountain;
well,
wellspring;
milch cow.
stock in trade,
supply;
heap
etc.
(collection)
72;
treasure;
reserve,
corps de reserve,
reserved fund,
nest egg,
savings,
bonne bouche [Fr.].
crop,
harvest,
mow,
vintage.
store,
accumulation,
hoard,
rick,
stack;
lumber;
relay
etc.
(provision)
637.
storehouse,
storeroom,
storecloset†;
depository,
depot,
cache,
repository,
reservatory†,
repertory;
repertorium†;
promptuary†,
warehouse,
entrepot [Fr.],
magazine;
buttery,
larder,
spence†;
garner,
granary;
cannery,
safe-deposit vault,
stillroom†;
thesaurus;
bank
etc.
(treasury)
802;
armory;
arsenal;
dock;
gallery,
museum,
conservatory;
menagery†,
menagerie.
reservoir,
cistern,
aljibar†,
tank,
pond,
mill pond;
gasometer†.
budget,
quiver,
bandolier,
portfolio;
coffer
etc.
(receptacle)
191.
conservation;
storing
etc.
v.;
storage.
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Dutch: bescheidenheid, ingetogenheid
2 reserve
Something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose.
synonyms: backlog, stockpile.
Dutch: noodvoorraad, reserve
3 reserve
An athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced.
synonyms: second-stringer, substitute.
Dutch: bankspeler, bankzitter, reserve, reservespeler
Polish: rezerwowy
4 reserve
medicine Potential capacity to respond in order to maintain vital functions.
5 reserve
A district that is reserved for particular purpose.
synonym: reservation.
Roget 528:
concealment;
hiding
etc.
v.;
occultation,
mystification.
seal of secrecy;
screen
etc.
530;
disguise
etc.
530;
masquerade;
masked battery;
hiding place
etc.
530;
cryptography,
steganography†;
freemasonry.
stealth,
stealthiness,
sneakiness;
obreption†;
slyness
etc.
(cunning)
702.
latitancy†,
latitation†;
seclusion
etc.
893;
privacy,
secrecy,
secretness†;
incognita.
reticence;
reserve;
mental reserve,
reservation;
arriere pensee [Fr.],
suppression,
evasion,
white lie,
misprision;
silence
etc.
(taciturnity)
585;
suppression of truth
etc.
544;
underhand dealing;
closeness,
secretiveness
etc.
adj.;
mystery.
latency
etc.
526;
snake in the grass;
secret
etc.
533;
stowaway.
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Roget 181:
region,
sphere,
ground,
soil,
area,
field,
realm,
hemisphere,
quarter,
district,
beat,
orb,
circuit,
circle;
reservation,
pale
etc.
(limit)
233;
compartment,
department;
clearing.
[political divisions: see]
(property)
etc.
780
(Government)
etc.
737.1
arena,
precincts,
enceinte,
walk,
march;
patch,
plot,
parcel,
inclosure,
close,
field,
court;
enclave,
reserve,
preserve;
street
etc.
(abode)
189.
clime,
climate,
zone,
meridian,
latitude.
biosphere;
lithosphere.
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6 reserve
Armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency.
synonym: military reserve.
Polish: odwód
7 reserve
The trait of being uncommunicative; not volunteering anything more than necessary.
synonyms: reticence, taciturnity.
Roget 585:
silence,
muteness,
obmutescence†;
taciturnity,
pauciloquy†,
costiveness†,
curtness;
reserve,
reticence
etc.
(concealment)
528.
man of few words.
Dutch: zwijgzaamheid, gereserveerdheid, geslotenheid, reserve, terughoudendheid
Polish: milczkowatość, mrukliwość, burkliwość, mrukowatość, milkliwość, małomówność
verb
1 reserve
Hold back or set aside, especially for future use or contingency.
Roget 781:
retain,
keep;
hold fast one's own,
hold tight one's own,
hold fast one's ground,
hold tight one's ground;
clinch,
clench,
clutch,
grasp,
gripe,
hug,
have a firm hold of.
secure,
withhold,
detain;
hold back,
keep back;
keep close;
husband
etc.
(store)
636;
reserve;
have in stock,
have on hand,
keep in stock
etc.
(possess)
777;
entail,
tie up,
settle.
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Roget 528:
conceal,
hide,
secrete,
put out of sight;
lock up,
seal up,
bottle up.
encrypt,
encode,
cipher.
cover,
screen,
cloak,
veil,
shroud;
cover up one's tracks;
screen from sight,
screen from observation;
drawing the veil;
draw the curtain,
close the curtain;
curtain,
shade,
eclipse,
throw a view over;
be cloud,
be mask;
mask,
disguise;
ensconce,
muffle,
smother;
befog;
whisper.
keep from;
keep back,
keep to oneself;
keep snug,
keep close,
keep secret,
keep dark;
bury;
sink,
suppress;
keep from,
keep from out of view,
keep from out of sight;
keep in the shade,
throw into the shade,
throw into background;
stifle,
hush up,
smother,
withhold,
reserve;
fence with a question;
ignore
etc.
460.
keep a secret,
keep one's own counsel;
hold one's tongue
etc.
(silence)
585;
make no sign,
not let it go further;
not breathe a word,
not breathe a syllable about;
not let the right hand know what the left is not let the right hand know what the left is doing;
hide one's light under a bushel,
bury one's talent in a napkin.
keep in the dark,
leave in the dark,
keep in the ignorance;
blind,
blind the eyes;
blindfold,
hoodwink,
mystify;
puzzle
etc.
(render uncertain)
475;
bamboozle
etc.
(deceive)
545.
be concealed
etc.
v.;
suffer an eclipse;
retire from sight,
couch;
hide oneself;
lie hid,
lie in perdu [Fr.],
lie in close;
lie in ambush
(ambush)
530;
seclude oneself
etc.
893;
lurk,
sneak,
skulk,
slink,
prowl;
steal into,
steal out of,
steal by,
steal along;
play at bopeep†,
play at hide and seek;
hide in holes and corners;
still hunt.
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Roget 133:
be late
etc.
adj.;
tarry,
wait,
stay,
bide,
take time;
dawdle
etc.
(be inactive)
683;
linger,
loiter;
bide one's time,
take one's time;
gain time;
hang fire;
stand over,
lie over.
put off,
defer,
delay,
lay over,
suspend;
table [Parl.];
shift off,
stave off;
waive,
retard,
remand,
postpone,
adjourn;
procrastinate;
dally;
prolong,
protract;
spin out,
draw out,
lengthen out,
stretch out;
prorogue;
keep back;
tide over;
push to the last,
drive to the last;
let the matter stand over;
reserve
etc.
(store)
636;
temporize;
consult one's pillow,
sleep on it.
lose an opportunity
etc.
135;
be kept waiting,
dance attendance;
kick one's heels,
cool one's heels;
faire antichambre [Fr.];
wait impatiently;
await
etc.
(expect)
507;
sit up,
sit up at night.
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Roget 636:
store;
put by,
lay by,
set by;
stow away;
set apart,
lay apart;
store treasure,
hoard treasure,
lay up,
heap up,
put up,
garner up,
save up;
bank;
cache;
accumulate,
amass,
hoard,
fund,
garner,
save.
reserve;
keep back,
hold back;
husband,
husband one's resources.
deposit;
stow,
stack,
load;
harvest;
heap,
collect
etc.
72;
lay in store
etc.
Adj.;
keep,
file
(papers);
lay in
etc.
(provide)
637;
preserve
etc.
670.
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Dutch: achterhouden, reserveren
2 reserve
Give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause.
synonyms: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside.
Roget 678:
not use;
do without,
dispense with,
let alone,
not touch,
forbear,
abstain,
spare,
waive,
neglect;
keep back,
reserve.
lay up,
lay by,
lay on the shelf,
keep on the shelf,
lay up in ordinary;
lay up in a napkin;
shelve;
set aside,
put aside,
lay aside;
disuse,
leave off,
have done with;
supersede;
discard
etc.
(eject)
297;
dismiss,
give warning.
throw aside
etc.
(relinquish)
782;
make away with
etc.
(destroy)
162;
cast overboard,
heave overboard,
throw overboard;
cast to the dogs,
cast to the winds;
dismantle
etc.
(Render useless)
645.
lie unemployed,
remain unemployed
etc.
adj.
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3 reserve
Obtain or arrange (for oneself) in advance.
Dutch: afschrijven, bespreken, reserveren
4 reserve
Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance:
— Reserve me a seat on a flight.
synonyms: book, hold.
Polish: zamawianie, bukowanie
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